Chapter 89 You Don’t Want the Brigade Commander to Know About This, Do You?

Let us turn our attention back to the new second group.

On the second day after the selection, the sun gradually rose, the roosters in the village crowed on time, and the soldiers struggled to get up.

The squad leaders began to roll call in the troop barracks. The soldiers rubbed their sore shoulders and walked out of the dormitory to prepare for morning exercises.

After half an hour of morning exercises, they still need to go back to the dormitory to tidy up the housework. This is a point that Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang particularly emphasized. The two even specially arranged for the person in charge to check this matter.

After breakfast, Zhao Gang originally planned to take a platoon of soldiers to a nearby village to do propaganda work, but he was suddenly pulled away by Li Yunlong while he was still preparing his horses.

He didn't tell Zhao Gang what was going on, and just kept dragging him towards the regimental command post, like a thief trying to sell stolen goods.

Zhao Gang, who was confused, was still a little anxious at this time, but he knew that his captain would not mess around and must have something to discuss with him. He asked patiently:

"Lao Li, I made an appointment with two village chiefs to talk about work this morning. Do you have anything important to discuss with me? I'm a bit pressed for time, so please keep the story short."

In the blink of an eye, the two of them had entered the command post. Li Yunlong took out a map from the drawer and spread it flat on the table.

"Old Zhao, did you hear the news from the headquarters? We have to seize the last moment to train our troops."

Zhao Gang nodded. Although he had not received the official document from his superiors, he knew that the headquarters agencies and various departments of the logistics department were making pre-war preparations.

Although the current situation has entered a stalemate, both sides are accumulating strength and may suddenly exert force at any time.

The Japs' strength in North China has exceeded 440,000, which accounts for almost half of the total strength of the Japanese invaders, and even the number of puppet troops here has reached an unprecedented 150,000.

Because of the enemy's indirect sweeps, it was difficult for the Eighth Route Army to carry out work in North China, and the expansion speed of the base area was greatly affected.

Moreover, Tada Shun's Sanko policy was not only unscrupulous, but also seriously damaged the mass base in the base area. This was something that the headquarters could not tolerate.

Coupled with the continuous construction of railways, roads, and forts during the small days, each base area has been divided into blocks. They are not closely connected with each other and are easily attacked by enemy forces.

This was also the reason why Kong Jie met Sakata United head-on in the wild.

If the passive stalemate continues, it will be very detrimental to our army, and the Eighth Route Army will be cannibalized sooner or later.

Therefore, the headquarters decided to launch a large-scale military operation and attack multiple enemy military locations at the same time to break the current bad situation.

It was originally planned that the entire army would attack in April this year, but the captain of the transportation team fell ill again. This bald man was doing things that affected internal unity under the guise of fighting the war, so the vice president could only temporarily cancel the plan.

It took more than twenty days for the Eighth Route Army to receive the supplies from the transportation brigade captain. But because it took so long, the situation changed and the troops needed to be redeployed.

In the end, the headquarters decided to start the operation before September this year, because once the autumn harvest begins, the soldiers will lose the important cover of Qingsha Zhang.

After Li Yunlong heard the news from the brigade commander, his first thought was how to improve the combat effectiveness of his comrades. In an operation of this scale, the Japanese counterattack was terrifying.

By then, their new second regiment would definitely follow the 386th trip. As the regiment leader, he couldn't bear to see his soldiers suffer heavy losses.

Therefore, Commander Li was planning to find a suitable place for the recruits to see blood and accumulate some combat experience before the big battle.

After spending a brief day with Zhao Gang, Li Yunlong knew that his partner was not a pedantic person, and he decided to tell the other party his thoughts.

This behavior also proved that in his heart, Zhao Gang was no longer an outsider, but a comrade who could discuss combat tasks without reservation. There is no need to deal with everything secretly like the previous political commissars.

Although he already has a general framework for the action plan, he still hopes that the political commissar can find problems or make suggestions. The two of them can work together to check for omissions and fill in the gaps to make the plan more complete.

After all, before conducting a military operation, careful discussions are needed to ensure the scientific nature of the combat mission and enable the troops to achieve maximum gains with minimum consumption.

"Old Zhao, do you know this place in Wanjia Town? I am going to let the soldiers in the regiment practice their skills here."

"Let me tell you the truth. I have been studying this matter for a long time. When he was dismissed from the New Regiment, Ding Wei told me the information about Wanjia Town."

"When I was working in the logistics department, I also took the time to go there and inspect it personally."

After Zhao Gang heard the place name, he immediately walked to the map and started analyzing it. In order to reassure his political commissar, Commander Li continued:

"You see, although this Wanjia Town is close to Zhengtai Road, there are no Japanese troops stationed nearby. Even if they send a message for help, the Japanese troops will not be able to get here for a while."

"The enemy here is the Eighth Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Japanese Army. They were originally the Guo Preserved Security Group. Their combat effectiveness is average, not even second-rate."

"This kind of neither superior nor inferior strength is very suitable for warriors to practice their skills, and it can also accumulate a wave of experience against the cavalry."

Although the New Second Regiment is stationed more than fifty kilometers away from Wanjia Town, Li Yunlong has obviously studied the deployment of Japanese troops, which fully demonstrates that the intelligence work is in place.

And the security group is not a regular army, at best it is a local armed force.

Its composition is mainly composed of unemployed vagrants and local hooligans, most of the time they can only bully the common people and barely maintain local law and order.

Their strength is likely to be inferior to that of powerful bandits, and their combat effectiveness is even worse after becoming traitors. After all, the devils have never completely trusted the puppet army.

Looking at Li Yunlong talking, Zhao Gang nodded. In his experience, he has not found any loopholes in the plan for the time being.

"I think you, Li Yunlong, not only want to train soldiers, but also have your eyes on the military horses of Wanjia Town, right? The brigade commander is right, you don't even want to suffer losses in a war."

"It seems that you don't plan to report this matter to the brigade headquarters. Aren't you afraid that the brigade commander will throw you back to the logistics department at that time?"

It is obvious that Li Yunlong has considered this issue. He spread his hands and pretended to be an honest man, as if he had suffered a great injustice.

"You, Zhao, are an intellectual. You can't speak carelessly and wrongly accuse good people. The new second regiment was established not long ago. We don't have a radio station."

"If I were in that condition, I would definitely communicate with my superiors, but I can't do it."

"But I'm not a reckless person. I will send someone to notify the brigade headquarters after the operation is over."

In fact, during this period, the headquarters provided officers and soldiers of the major basic regiments with greater independence and autonomy so that they could exercise their subjective initiative under special circumstances.

But there was no clear paper order, most of which were verbal agreements from superiors. Therefore, judging whether it was a violation of discipline was often based on the results of the battle.

Just like during the period of the new first regiment, it was because of the tacit approval of the brigade commander that he could lead the troops within a year.

And Captain Li knew that with the level of his new second regiment, it was not enough to support a cavalry battalion.

There were so many soldiers in the regiment who needed to be trained, and food was already in short supply. Horses are also very precious creatures. They need to eat concentrated feed. If you want to keep them well, the consumption is at least ten times that of soldiers.

It was impossible for his regiment to support a battalion of horses and technical arms, unless the New Second Regiment drained all the villages in the defense zone. But if he dared to do so, the soldiers would shoot him without the brigade commander's help.

The reason why he did not report in advance was to gain more benefits. He had already had experience in arguing with the brigade commander for so many years.

Zhao Gang nodded, special treatment in special times. They were all born and raised by their parents, and he didn't want the soldiers to have a hard battle on the battlefield for the first time.

Moreover, the brigade and the New Second Regiment had added cavalry, which could play a greater role in the next operation. The two of them quickly reached an agreement on this matter.

Seeing that the matter was solved so easily, Li Yunlong was in a good mood and told the detailed arrangements.

The enemy's combat effectiveness was not strong, and the only thing to worry about was the Japanese railway patrol. But these days, they didn't care about anything except the safety of the railway, and Li Yunlong also figured out their patrol rules.

"I'm going to lead the first battalion to do this. We'll run 50 kilometers and launch an attack tomorrow morning. If everything goes well, the battle can be over in an hour."

"Just wait and see, Lao Zhao. You'll see hundreds of horses tomorrow morning."

The reason why Li Yunlong wanted to go out in person was not because he questioned Zhang Dabiao's command ability. It was simply because he had dealt with too many trivial matters in the New Second Regiment these days and wanted to go out and change his mind.

And with Zhao Gang staying in the regiment headquarters, even if the superiors passed on the task, the New Second Regiment would not be without a commander.

However, Li Yunlong took it for granted. Zhao Gang was also a practical man, and he also wanted to lead the team in this matter.

"Old Li, as the regiment commander, how can you leave the command post? Leave this operation to me."

"To train the troops in a practical way and to have in-depth exchanges with the soldiers, as the political commissar, I have no choice but to do it."

"And since you have decided to notify the brigade, you should send out the messenger at the right time after we set off, so that we can have less arguments."

Hearing this, Li Yunlong was a little unhappy. He didn't expect that Zhao Gang, the political commissar with thick eyebrows and big eyes, would also want to make trouble.

While he was still thinking about how to communicate with the other party, Zhao Gang had seen through Li Yunlong's thoughts and launched his own big move.

"Commander, you don't want the brigade commander to know about your absence without permission, right?"

"I heard that you still owe Director Huang some things and a truck. How about I talk to him?"

Learn from the strengths of the barbarians to defeat the barbarians. For the first time, Zhao Gang showed his true colors in front of Li Yunlong!

That's all for today. See you tomorrow